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In a war, the smart thing to do if you want to win is “Know your enemy.” And the last thing to do, in the political-cultural war we’re in, is to benefit the enemy by patronizing, donating to, paying for, and watching their movies/TV.

Anti-Gun Organizations:

The following organizations have lent monetary, grassroots or some other type of direct support to anti-gun organizations. In many instances, these organizations lent their name in support of specific campaigns to pass anti-gun legislation such as the March 1995 HCI “Campaign to Protect Sane Gun Laws.” Many of these organizations were listed as “Campaign Partners,” for having pledged to fight any efforts to repeal the Brady Act and the Clinton “assault weapons” ban. All have officially endorsed anti-gun positions.

AARPAFL-CIO
Ambulatory Pediatric Association
American Academy of PediatricsAmerican Civil Liberties Union
American Academy of Ambulatory Care Nursing
American Medical Women`s Association
American Medical Student AssociationAmerican Medical Association
American Association for the Surgery of Trauma
American Trauma SocietyAmerican Federation of Teachers
American Association of School Administrators
American Alliance for Rights and ResponsibilitiesAmerican Bar Association
American Counseling Association
American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
American Academy of Pediatrics
American Association for World Health
American Ethical Union
American Nurses Association
American Association of Neurological Surgeons
American Association of Family and Consumer SciencesAmerican Firearms Association
American Academy of Child and Adolescent PsychiatryAmerican Jewish Committee
American Trauma Society
American Psychological AssociationAmerican Jewish Congress
American Public Health Association
Americans for Democratic ActionAnti-Defamation League
Black Mental Health AllianceB’nai B’rith
Central Conference of American Rabbis
Children’s Defense Fund
Church of the Brethren
Coalition for Peace Action
Coalition to Stop Gun Violence
College Democrats of America
Committee for the Study of Handgun Misuse & World Peace
Common Cause
Congress of National Black Churches, Inc.
Congress of Neurological Surgeons
Consumer Federation of America
Council of the Great City Schools
Council of Chief State School Officers
Dehere Foundation
Disarm Educational FundEnvironmental Action Foundation
Episcopal Church-Washington Office
Florence and John Shumann Foundation
Friends Committee on National Legislation
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
George Gund FundGray Panthers
H.M. Strong Foundation
Hadassah
Harris Foundation
Hechinger Foundation
Interfaith Neighbors
Int’l Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union
Int’l Association of Educators for World Peace
Jewish Labor Committee
Joyce Foundation
Lauder Foundation
Lawrence FoundationLeague of Women Voters of the United States*
Lutheran Office for Governmental Affairs, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Manhattan Project II
Mennonite Central Committee-Washington Office
National Safe Kids CampaignNational Association of Police Organizations
National Coalition Against Domestic Violence
National Black Nurses’ Association
National Association of Chain Drug Stores
National Network for Youth
National Assembly of National Voluntary Health & Social Welfare OrganizationsNational Association for the Advancement of Colored People
National Association of School Psychologists
National Association of Counties*
National Association of Pediatric Nurse Associates & Practitioners
National Association of School Safety and Law Enforcement Officers
National Education Association
National Association of Elementary School Principals*
National Association of Public Hospitals
National Coalition Against Domestic Violence
National Association of Secondary School Principals
National Association of Social Workers
National Association of Children`s Hospitals and Related Institutions
National Association of School PsychologistsNational Council of La Raza
National Center to Rehabilitate Violent Youth
National Commission for Economic Conversion & Disarmament
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA
National Council of Negro Women
National Association of Community Health Centers
National People’s Action
National Education Association*
National League of Cities
National Council on Family Relations
National Council of Jewish WomenNational Organization for Women
National Political Congress of Black WomenNational Parks and Conservation Association
National Peace FoundationNational Urban League, Inc.
National Parent, Teachers Association*
National Urban Coalition
National SAFE KIDS Campaign
National Organization on Disability
National Spinal Cord Injury AssociationNETWORK: A National Catholic Social Justice Lobby
Ortenberg Foundation
Peace ActionPeople for the American Way
Physicians for Social Responsibility
Police Foundation
Project on Demilitarization and Democracy
Public Citizen
SaferWorld
Society of Critical Care Medicine
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
The Council of the Great City Schools
The Synergetic Society
20/20 Vision
Union of American Hebrew CongregationsUnitarian Universalist AssociationUnited States Catholic ConferenceUnited Methodist Church, General Board & Church SocietyUnited Church of Christ, Office for Church in Society*
United States Conference of Mayors
War and Peace Foundation
Women Strike for Peace
Women’s National Democratic Club
Women’s Action for New Directions
Women’s Int’l League for Peace and Freedom
World Spiritual Assembly, Inc.YWCA of the U.S.A.

*The national organization only endorses federal legislation.

Anti-Gun Individuals

The following celebrities, national figures, and journalists have lent their names and reputation to anti-gun causes, speaking out for anti-gun legislation and providing a voice for anti-gun organizations.

Celebrities:

Many entertainment celebrities have starred in violent movies and TV programs, thereby fostering America’s culture of violence. The names of the most egregious are colored red. Many celebrities are protected by armed bodyguards and live in mansions armed to the teeth with security systems, but they would deny ordinary Americans who don’t have their mega-wealth the right and means to defend ourselves. Rank hypocrites!

Publication and Media Outlets

The following publications and media outlets have assisted in the attack on Second Amendment rights. The editorial policies of some of the media sources listed portray firearms in a negative manner in an attempt to generate public support for restrictions on firearms ownership. Others have refused some or all of NRA’s advertisements.

“Those who don’t know the game or are assets and manipulators of the game will want to ‘endorse’ people and organisations they say they support in cleaning up America – but they will be the very people and groups that are systematically destroying America.” -David Icke, October 16, 2011

The movement that began as Occupy Wall Street in New York has spread to other cities across America as well as countries. In Italy, the Occupiers instigated a riot in Rome, torching cars and smashing windows, which required armed police to be brought in.

In the name of equity, the Occupiers say they are the 99% opposed to the top 1%, the filthy rich. So who are America’s Top 1%?

To begin, we need to define “income” vs. “wealth or net worth.”

Income is what people earn — from salaries, wages, dividends, interest, royalties, and rents from properties they own. U.C. Santa Cruz Sociology Professor William Domhoff claims that most of the income of “the rich” does not come from “working”: In 2008, only 19% of the income reported by the 13,480 individuals or families making over $10 million came from wages and salaries.

Wealth is the value of everything a person or family owns in marketable assets (such as real estate, stocks, and bonds, but not including cars and household items), minus any debts or liabilities (such as home mortgages, credit card debts and auto loans). In effect, wealth is assets minus debts, or W = A-D. That is why a better term for “wealth” is “net worth.”

High income (HI) may or may not mean great wealth because a high-income person or household may simply spend everything they make — and more, by going into debt. At the same time, an individual or household with moderate or even low income (MI/LI) may actually become wealthy by being frugal and investing their savings wisely.

Thus, HI ≠ W; whereas it is highly possible that MI/LI = W. Remember that when you decide to condemn “the wealthy.”

Wikipedia says the current per capita (per person) median income in the United States is roughly $32,000 (for those employed full-time between the ages of 25 and 64, it’s $39,000). By “median” income is meant that the figure $32,000 divides the American population into two equal halves — half (50%) of Americans make more than $32,000, and the other half make less than $32,000.

The U.S. Census Bureau offers income data by household and individual. 42% of U.S. households have two income earners; thus making households’ income levels higher than personal income levels. According to a 2008 article on the investment website My Budget 360, the median U.S. household income was $46,326. Dual earner households had a higher median income at $67,348.

Currently marketing corporations and investment houses classify those with household incomes exceeding $75,000 as “mass affluent,” while sociologist Leonard Beeghley identifies all those with a net worth of $1 million or more as “rich.” The upper class is most commonly defined as the top 1% with household incomes commonly exceeding $250,000 annually.

Income in America (source: Wikipedia)

In a recent Census report there are 110 million households in the United States. Here’s the distribution of U.S. households’ income in 2006:

Top third (34.73%) of households had annual gross income of $65,000 or more.

Topquarter (25.60%) of households had annual gross income of $80,000 or more.

Top quintile (20%) of households had annual gross income of $91,202 or more.

Top 15% (17.80%) of households had annual gross income of $100,000 or more.

Top 10% of households had annual gross income of $118,200 or more.

Top 5% of households (3/4s of whom had 2 income earners) had annual gross income of $166,200 or more.

Top 3% (2.67%) had annual gross income of $200,000 or more.

Top 1.5% had annual gross income of $250,000 or more.

Top 0.1% (0.12% or 146,000 households) had annual gross income of $1,600,000 or more.

The 2008 article on My Budget 360 further breaks down that Top 0.1%. At its apex are:

The top 0.01% (11,000 households) with annual incomes of $5.5 million or more.

The top 400 highest tax payers in America had annual incomes of $87 million or more.

Notice how the incomes gradually go up from the Top Third’s $65,000 to the Top 1.5%’s $250,000, but between the Top 1.5%’s $250,000 and the Top 0.1%’s $1.6 million) is a huge gap of $1.35 million!

While households in the top 1.5% of households had incomes exceeding $250,000, 443% above the national median, their incomes were still 2200% lower than those of the top 0.01% of households. One can therefore conclude that almost any household, even those with incomes of $250,000 annually are poor when compared to the top 0.1%, who in turn are poor compared to the top 0.000267%, the top 400 taxpaying households.

6.9% of U.S. households had a negative networth of <$0 (i.e., those who not only have zero assets but are in debt).

5.4% of households had a networth of $0-$999.

2.4% of households had a networth of $1,000-$2,499.

3.5% of households had a networth of $2,500-$4,999.

4.7% of households had a networth of $5,000-$9,999.

8.1% of households had a networth of $10,000-$24,999.

9.2% of households had a networth of $25,000-$49,999.

12.8% of households had a networth of $50,000-$99,999.

19.2% of households had a networth of $100,000-$249,999.

13% of households had a networth of $250,000-$499,999.

7.8% of households had a networth of $500,000-$999,999.

7% of households had a networth of $1 million or more.

Alas, the Federal Reserve Board did not break that top 7% down, so we don’t know what’s the networth of the Top 1% of U.S. households, other than that the Top 1% own 32.7% of Americans’ total networth in 2001. In contrast, 50% of U.S. households own just 2.8% of Americans’ total networth.

Here are some interesting tidbits about the above distribution of U.S. households’ networths:

58% of households with negative networth were young, i.e., under 35 years old (which makes sense because many college students are poor).

Those with negative networth are more likely to have a less-than-high-school education.

Among those with negative networth, the percentage who are unemployed (but not retired) is more than twice they are in the larger population.

Households with negative networth are concentrated in the South and in the West.

10.1% of households with networth of $1 million or more are Boomers (aged 46-55).

28.2% of the Top 1% households in networth are Boomers.

The Top 1%

Leonard Beeghley called the top 0.9% the “Super Rich”, whom he described as “Multi-millionaires whose incomes commonly exceed $350,000; includes celebrities and powerful executives/politicians.” The OWS Movement say they are against the Top 1%. Here are some members of the Top 1% who are or should be targets:

The 25 richest members of Congress (in Roll Call’s 2009 annual survey that gives only their estimated net worth. Under federal law, members of Congress must disclose their personal investments and liabilities, but only in broad categories, thereby shielding the exact value of any asset or debt):

The Occupy protesters reportedly are armed with iPhones and laptops and are active in social media — the very gadgets and communications technology invented by Jobs, Brin, Ellison, and Gates. Reportedly, Soros is funding the Occupy movement.

Will irony ever end?

By the way, raging socialist and President-for-life of Venezuela Hugo Chavez has an estimated networth of $1 Billion (!) — the same as Prince Albert II of Monaco. Another raging socialist, Fidel Castro of Cuba, has an estimated networth of $900 million.

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